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Alivia's first day of school, weekend of fishing and beach

All out of order=(

If ya look really closely, you'll see the fish on the end of addie's pole

Alivia's first day!

Let's start with Alivia's first day of school, she has been waiting for this day for the last year! Everyday we would drive by her school in the mornings and she'd have to say "hi my school". Sunday night we layed out her first day clothes and she jumped right into bed and fell asleep. She woke up bright and early monday morning and was dressed when she came down the stairs. Both mommy and daddy and Addison were taking her to school on her first day, so we headed over to the school. She walked right into that classroom sat down and said "bye guys" no tears, no hugs and kisses, nothing. Her first day went wonderful, she loved every part of it. However, the afterschool program was NOT a hit on the firstday, I think she had different expectations as to what was going to happen at Latchkey and was kinda caught off guard. Latchkey allows the kids to have a lot of free time drawing, painting, dancing, playing outside, legos and in small groups, I think she thought it would be very structured and in a learning environment. But that seems to be improving also, she is getting used to Latchkey and actually liking it. Momma had some freakout moments during the day where I paniced wondering if she was okay in that unfamiliar environment, if the day was too long for her, if her teacher was nice... But Tuesday morning brought a whole new level of freak out. All along she's told us she wanted to ride the bus in the morning, and in all honesty it is more convienent to put her on the bus instead of dealing with school traffic every morning. But that's my baby, on this huge bus, crossing that huge island bridge, all alone....thank goodness Jas was stronger than I and put her on the bus, because I don't think I would have let her. In the end, she LOVES the bus, thinks its the coolest thing since juice boxes. I'm so happy she loves everything and anything about school, but mommy is still in huge denial she is actually "in" school now.

Addison had a few struggles this week going to ms norma's without her older sister. They had never been apart for a full day, EVER. So of course the minute we said goodbye to Alivia at school, addison's head drops to my shoulder and she tears up. Now darn it, I was doing good at not crying till that happened. Addie said "I don't want to leave my sissy", ugggg heartbreaking. We really played up how cool it was to be the oldest at ms norma's and how she was going to get to go to school next year! Her sadness quickly went to anger when we went to pick up Alivia that night, she was then mad because "alivia got to do ...... its not fair" "mom, why can't you let me go to preschool here" Every morning when I dropped her off this week she was clingy when I had to say goodbye, but slowly as thursday and friday came, things got better. I am optimistic tomorrow will go just fine!

Jason is recovering from harvest and playing catch up on sleep, he got to take the girls fishing this weekend, which i think will become a frequent hobby with him and the girls.

I have a busy week of training at work this week and a meeting in san antonio in a couple weeks. I also am working on 2 classes right now too.

And.....packing......

those of you who aren't on my facebook don't know...but super LONG story short, we found mold in the attic at our townhouse that we rent, landlord gave us the run around, fixed things to cover it up, but won't do a mold inspection to show there's no mold in the ductwork or walls, the kids and us have been experiencing many health symptoms of mold so we are taking NO chances and are breaking our lease. We will almost 99% sure we will have to take the landlords to small claims for our deposit back since we are moving out due to their negligance. Blah Blah Blah, anyway, we are looking for a new place, not ready to buy yet, but we will be out by the end of sept! Super NOT cool after just packing and unpacking 5 months ago!!

Testing the limit and cool Cotton field pics

To start off, we experienced some real southern farming last weekend, we got the whole cotton experience, from the girls riding in the cotton picker..... To watching it become a very large bale...

To just how beautiful the cotton really looks....

I am still amazed

And this pic is so cool, it needs no explanation

To start out, here's 2 phrases straight out of the mouth of miss Addison Lee

"DAD" (screaming from upstairs)"me and Alivia never get what we want"

As I was lecturing Addison on her behavior, she looks at me smiling and says "you're cute when you're mad" uggg deep breath before I lose my mind.

And ladies and gents, that is how my night has gone.

Things are crazy busy for us, not enough time in the week to do everything,not to mention having to look for a new place to live due to some mold I found in the attic and the landlords refusing to deal with it.=(

But I will smile at the end of each week and say "see Britt, you made it"

Update from us!

We've been very busy here in south Texas!

Finally, yes finally, the girl I was replacing at work was let go. That was a relief and a nerve wracking situation all at the same time. I wasn't learning the job while she was still there, but now I'm thrown to the sharks to learn everything on my own meanwhile keeping projects on schedule and dealing with customer's whom I know nothing about. But...I am proud to say I am the Operations Manager for Palm Harbor Homes here in Corpus!

I registered Alivia for school today and got her signed up for Latchkey which is an awesome after school program where they do arts and crafts, drama, music, free play and even some team sports with other kids. I know she will love it. It was so strange walking into that high school today to register my first born for school. As I stood there, I thought back to the day she was born and really can't believe these (almost) 6 years have gone by so fast. It sort of put life into perspective for me again. I tend to be so occupied at night when we get home with housework, supper, laundry and getting things ready for the next day, I don't often get "quality" time with the girls. However, tonight I put all that other stuff aside and just fed the kids and bathed them, then we layed in bed and read books till bedtime.

We have purchased all of her school supplies which was maybe one of the most fun days I've had with her so far! She ran up and down the aisles and was screaming out "mom I need this, is this on my list mom" And of course miss Addie was feeling a little leftout, so she got to pick out some new things also.

Its been so hot here, and poor jas is still dealing with harvest, which we are hoping will be over in about a week or so. I am finishing another class this weekend, so that leaves the countdown to 6, 6 classes until I have my bachelor's degree. It seems like its been forever, and I've hated almost every day of it. But its almost DONE!

Anyway, its 10pm, and I still have to get stuff ready for tomorrow, iron some pants, and take a shower since i've spent the last 2 hours working on a paper. The dishes and laundry will be neglected until tomorrow.

Friendships

Since we live so far away from our own families, we tend to make our friends here our family, they are the ones that spend so much time with us, who are there when we need them, who we doing anything for. For this very reason, I take my friendships very seriously. I give my all, put in lots of effort, but on the same hand I don't put up with people's crap. That lovely quote "don't make those a priority who are only making you an option" I've used it more times I can count when it comes to certain family members, and I think it applies to friendships also. We've had an amazing last 3 months back in South Texas, had a lot of great times with all of our friends, but maybe the "excitement" has worn off for a couple of friends. Friends should be your friends not only when its convienient but always. I am one busy chic, yet I always find the time to make sure my friends know I am thinking about them, do anything they need me for, etc.... And I should be making a stand to say I'm not putting effort into relationships I feel like I am not benefiting from, but alas I can't do that, I have too big of a heart. Some of our friends that we knew from the first time we lived in Texas have changed, some for the good and some for the bad. I suppose I should be thankful for the good friends we do have and say screw you to the ones who don't appreciate us.

Guess there's no real point to this, other than I love my friends, love the memories we make together, our beach weekends where we spend hours laughing, playing football and watching all our kids making memories together. I love our nights out, our impromptu drinks after work, I love it all! I will continue to be thankful for the great friends I DO have, and forget the rest! Happy Tuesday!

Yes Yes I suck!!

I know I know its been too long.... I made a goal to try and blog almost everyday, and frankly I don't have the time right now. I always think I need to write some long post about everything going on in our lives so I just stay away from blogging, I think what I need to do is just check in a couple times a week with something short or just to say "hey we're okay", so that my friends and family is my NEW goal.

Hmmm what's been going on?? Well I've been working quite a bit and doing schoolwork, mom and Jim were here for 2 weeks, Addie's Bday, beach weekends, lots of rain, friend's bday parties and Jas working like crazy. We spent 4th of July at Jas's boss's house, dealt with Hurricane Alex the week before, and a tropical depression last week. So regardless to say things have been awesomely fun but crazy too! Everyday we are thankful that we are here and everything is going well!! I have a ton of pics, I'm gonna put a few on here for now

Addie's 4 year old pics

On a sea shell hunt

Showing a little sass!


The tide during Hurricane Alex -there is usually about 10 steps down

Alivia learning to surf/boogieboard

A very rare pic of me and Jas together

Addie, Liv and their friends at Addie's bday party

Addie's present from me and Jas (And royce adding his Tattoo as a prop)

The Birthday Girls (we celebrated both girls bdays)

Grandma's first nite here!

Wow its been a while!

First here a couple of neat pics taken at the beach!

My beautiful girls!

Relaxing with the girls

Always a silly picture

We have been VERY busy lately, mostly due to my new JOB!!!! Yes I got a new job!! The place is called Palm Harbor Homes, its a manufactured/modular home company with locations in 17 states. I will be the new Office Manager, basically in charge of everything that happens in the office, its a major undertaking for me and a lot of responsibility but I'm excited to do it. I was one of the least qualified (they even told me that) but I had confidence and a positive attitude! I actually did training last week at 2 different stores both 2 hours from Corpus, so I spent a total of 20 hours in the car and drove about 1270 miles last week, it was exhausting! The girls were daddy's responsibility all week, getting up and getting ready for the sitter, drop off at Ms.Norma's, pick up and then supper. Jas did a wonderful job, but totally saw how much work and stress it is worrying about 2 other people in the morning plus getting to work on time. The girls had an awesome first week back, Addie was awake at 6:20 monday morning, dressed and ready to go. They even wanted to go to Ms. Norma's on Saturday and Sunday this week! There was no transitioning them back into that schedule or back at Ms. Norma's, they went right back in like they had never left!

I am still working on 2 classes and starting to figure out what we are going to do for Addie's birthday which is quickly coming up on June 30. Can't believe she is going to be 4 years old already. Tomorrow I will have my first day at MY store, I am anxious, nervous, and full of doubt as to whether I can do this and learn all these new things. Anyways, I will try to get better at updating on a weekly basis, sometimes just can't find the time to do it! Have a great week!

Brittani